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Is there a visual programming language that is self hosting? i.e. one where the entire system is written in its own visual language including the compiler and

Is there a visual programming language that is self hosting? i.e. one where the entire system is written in its own visual language including the compiler and any runtime VM?

unnouinceput 6y ago
Plenty are. I'd say almost all visual programming languages are like this, at least the ones that have native code for their OS of choice.
- mkl 6y ago
  That seems incorrect. The most commonly mentioned ones in this thread are: LabVIEW (C, C++, C#): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabVIEW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabVIEW Unreal's Blueprints seem to produce C++ code? I can't find any mention of it being used to implement itself: https://game-ace.com/blog/unreal-engine-blueprints/ https://game-ace.com/blog/unreal-engine-blueprints/ Max/MSP (C++): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(software) Please name a few of the "almost all" visual programming languages that are self-hosting.
  - unnouinceput 6y ago
    Delphi, Lazarus, Visual Studio - to name just a few
    - mkl 6y ago
      None of those are visual programming languages. A graphical UI editor is entirely different from what we're talking about, which is graphical code.
      - unnouinceput 6y ago
        oh, then based on that argument you're not human, just a bunch of atoms
    - gnulinux 6y ago
      Visual Studio is as visual as C++ is.